The tenth edition of this respected textbook provides a fresh perspective and a crisp introduction to congressional politics.
The ninth edition of this respected textbook provides a fresh perspective and a crisp introduction to congressional politics.
In this book, Sarah Binder and Steven Smith provide such an assessment as they address the problems and conventional wisdom associated with the Senate's long-standing tradition of extended debate.
Party Influence in Congress challenges current arguments and evidence about the influence of political parties in the US Congress. Steven S. Smith argues that theory must reflect policy, electoral, and collective party goals.
This package offers the The American Congress Reader and the 6th edition of The American Congress, by Steven S. Smith, Jason M. Roberts, and Ryan J. Vander Wielen, at a discounted price.
By the same authors who drew upon Capitol Hill experience and nationally recognized scholarship to present a crisp introduction and analysis of Congress's inner mechanics, the Reader compiles the best relevant scholarship on party and ...
Providing a comprehensive examination of the origins, development, and status of committees and committee systems in both the House and Senate, this edition carries on the book's tradition of comprehensive coverage, empirical richness, and ...
Provides an introduction to the Supreme Court, its justices and how it selects and decides cases.
Analyzes the impacts of partisanship, polarization, and institutional reforms on how the U.S. Congress resolves inter-cameral differences
In Call to Order, Smith outlines how a fairly stable period of Congressional reform in the 1950s and the early 1960s erupted into a turbulent period of reform in the 1970s.